Officers and men of the State Security Service and those of the Nigerian Army on Friday made a haul of 51 rocket launchers in a house in Barunde area of Gombe metropolis in Gombe State.
It was discovered that the house was a factory for the manufacture of rockets and Improvised Explosive Devices.
The raid was carried out following information gathered from some suspects who were arrested with 60 explosive devices in another part of Gombe.
The Director of SSS in Gombe State, Bitrus Asha, told newsmen that a man had been arrested in connection with the usage of the house to manufacture the rockets and IEDs.
Other items recovered from the house apart from the rockets were 48 bags of fertilizer, sulphuric acid, cortex, detonators, remote control devices, different types of chemicals and six containers for preparation of improvised explosive devices.
Asha called on the public to make information available to security agencies in order to curb the machinations of evil men.